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Hello,
I haven't tested it legally, but I have modified the qconfirm request to
conform to the CAN-SPAM act requirement to notify spammers that their
email is not desired. Here is the modified paragraph:
"This confirmation verifies that your message(s) are legitimate and not
junk-mail. The recipient desires to receive NO unsolicited commercial
email of ANY kind: pursuant to the 2003 CAN-SPAM law, this email is
a formal request to send no spam to this recipient. Confirming your
message constitutes your affirmation that your email is not an unsolicited
commercial email, and any violation will be reported immediately to the
Federal Trade Commission."
Whenever I receive an email because the spammer confirmed it, I forward it
to [email protected] with this message:
"Please deal with the sender of this UCE. All email to me is responded to
with an automated challenge which formally requests that I not be sent
any unsolicited email in ANY form. The sender of this spam replied with
a confirmation message, affirming that his email was NOT unsolicited
commercial email. He is in clear violation of the 2003 CAN-SPAM law."
I propose that qconfirm ship out of the box with this disclaimer, or with
such a request supplied as a .sample file. Meanwhile, I welcome anyone,
especially lawyers, to suggest improvements to the wording of my email
messages above.
Regards,
Len.